入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：An Upper Second Class Honours degree, or the overseas equivalent, in linguistics, English language, or a related subject.
英语要求：An overall IELTS score of 7.0 with 7.0 in the writing component.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £11,700
课程特征 Course Features：
The MA in English Language allows specialisation in the synchronic and historical linguistics of English. The following course units will be taken:
•core course units in English Corpus Linguistics (15 credits) and The Sociolinguistics of English (15 credits)
•core course units in Research Methods I and II (2 x 15 credits)
•optional course units (60 credits altogether) specialising in the linguistics of English
•a dissertation (60 credits)
One or two of the optional course units may take the form of Directed Reading course units, available after consultation with an appropriate member of staff and the Programme Director. One or two course units may also be taken as adapted Level-3 undergraduate course units in Linguistics and English Language, which supplement the course units on offer at MA level.
The MA course aims to provide students with access to a wide range of advanced courses in the history and linguistics of English, including the study of approaches to the English linguistic history, regional and global varieties of English, socio-historical contexts of English and language contact, the grammar, morphology and phonology of English, as well as enabling them to acquire key linguistic research skills. Students will be given experience of excellence in teaching and learning at an advanced level, in an environment where they can benefit from the fact that the School is also home to world-leading research into the structure and development of English Language.
课程内容 Course Content ：
MA in English Language
•Core Course Units
•Research Methods I
•Research Methods II
•The Sociolinguistics of English
•English Corpus Linguistics
Recommended Optional Course Units
•Language Change
•Introduction to Grammatical Theory
•Phonetics and Phonology
•The Grammar of English Noun Phrases
•The Grammar of English Clauses
•Historical Stylistics: the Language of Robert Burns
•Intonation of English
•Topics in English Morphology
Directed Reading units (up to 30 credits) may also be chosen as options.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Teaching takes on a variety of forms. Core course units are normally taught as seminars, in a small group, combining lectures with discussion. Most other course units are taught as tutorials or seminars, often with optional attendance of a selection of lectures that are relevant to the topic. This gives the opportunity for intensive scholarly work, with areas on concentration determined by the participants and their individual interests, which can be investigated in considerable depth.
Course units will be assessed at the end of the semester during which they are offered. Most course units are assessed by coursework.
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